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[hecube]

I remember an interview in which he said but I can't remember for what magazine...

[Cecil.]

Did he use the guitar with a row of switches, a Les Paul gold which was never see again after 1992.? (ish)

[hecube]

The guitar you're talking about is a Les Paul fitted with a Transperformance system. Jimmy has two of those, a purple one and a gold top one. He's been using it in all his projects so far, even at the O2 concert. That's not the guitar I'm asking about.

BTW, I think I made a mistake. It's not a 12 string he's using on "Shake my tree". Nonetheless, I'd like to know what acoustic guitar that is in the song intro...

Edited by hecube, 06 April 2012 - 12:07 AM.

[Cecil.]

Oh dear, could it have be a 12 string Melobar or a Yamaha acoustic.?

Hecube. thank you, for the help with gold guitar with switchy things on,

Not really that up to date ....

[dazedjeffy]

Most likely Jimmy Page used the Washburn EA20-12 Acoustic/Electric, which he used since 1988.



As a side note, he actually had FOUR Gibson Les Paul Classic Premium Plus guitars equipped with the TransPerformance system, now the AxCent Tuning System.

The Goldtop


the Wine Red


the 'Pepto Pismol', which he traded to AxCent for.....


the "Eerie Dess", which he named.


Thanks to Neil Skinn, founder of AxCent Tuning Systems for the info.

[Cecil.]

Jimmy had a guitar with phrase switch, the Joe Walsh one...
What were all the switches on trans pro type guiter for....?

[hecube]

you mean phase switch

the switches on the transperformance guitars are preset and navigation buttons. It really is a small computer driving the system

[dazedjeffy]

#2 (not the Joe Walsh one) had the pair of spring-loaded push buttons installed under the pickguard for series/parallel and phase switching.

The Transperformance-equipped Les Pauls' buttons allowed for solely different tunings.

[Cecil.]

Thanks, I really did wonder what the buttons did, but was rather ashamed to ask.

As you can guess I am not a guitarist.....